Graduate Project Engineer

DPS Graduate Intake 2024

Our Graduate Programme

Graduates are fundamental in shaping the future of our business, and we encourage young people to join our team and launch their career developing innovative solutions that will have a real impact within our industry. Our graduate programme is designed to equip you with all the skills and knowledge you will need to establish yourself within our business and the wider industry, through a carefully constructed programme designed to accelerate your personal development supported with mentorship and guidance.

Mentoring Scheme

To develop effectively through the Graduate Programme, our graduates are each assigned a personal mentor who they will establish a strong working relationship with during their graduate role. The mentoring scheme is designed for our graduates to be able to learn from senior colleagues as they are guided through the 2-year programme.

The mentoring relationship will also allow the graduate to gain advice in working towards Chartership status in their chosen discipline, whilst achieving appropriate competence and commitment standards. They will gain exposure to their mentor’s specialist knowledge and contacts within the business, to allow the graduate to build up a network of colleagues and further their opportunities for career progression.

Who Are We Looking For?

We’re ideally looking for qualified Graduate Electrical, Electronic or Mechatronic Engineers to join our business in Glenrothes.

The ideal candidate would have:

• Engineering degree in Electrical / Electronics (other degrees or experience will be considered).
• Computer literate – proficiency with Microsoft Office packages
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Most importantly must be willing/adaptable to working within an energetic reactive team environment, ability to think outside of the box and work within a close team environment.

DPS – Who Are We?

We solve manufacturing challenges through the intelligent use of technology.

DPS Group is one of the UK’s leading integrated electrical, instrumental & control and compliance providers. We are trusted to deliver integrated solutions on often highly complicated projects, by some of the world’s best-known brands, across a range of sectors.

We help some of the world’s highest profile brands by working with them to find solutions which are operationally efficient, and drive profitability. We work across a range of sectors including Power, Pharmaceutical, Petrochemical, Oil & Gas, Food & Beverage, Bio Energy and Paper, but to name a few.

We offer an end-to-end virtuous cycle approach to projects which includes: Analyse, Develop, Comply, Maintain, Install, Build & Design.

Our Innovative, creative and a customer focused approach ensures that DPS delivers the highest standards of safety, service & sustainability. This approach is fully embraced throughout our business and ensure we deliver the optimum level of efficiency whilst maintaining the highest quality standards and continuous improvement of our quality management system ISO 9001:2015.

We aim to minimize environmental impact of our own systems and help develop environmentally responsible customer solutions.

DPS Group recognises its obligations to act responsibly, ethically and with integrity in all its dealings with staff, customers, brand partners and suppliers, neighbours and the environment as a whole.

We aim to:

• Minimise health, safety and environmental risks.
• Dispose of waste in an environmentally responsible manner.
• Reuse and recycle where practicable.
• Develop environmentally responsible customer solutions.
• Deliver a net positive impact on the environment.
• Promote sustainability within the organisation.

DPS Group adheres to the Environmental Management Systems Standard ISO 14001:2015 to identify and control our environmental impact and improve our environmental performance.

We are also official partners with Siemens, Rockwell Automation and Schneider Electric, giving us the unique opportunity to develop skills with these manufacturers’ solutions for our team.

What DPS Offer

To build successful teams and drive the level of quality that DPS is renowned for, we know we need the best people in industry. Not only do we require the relevant skillsets, but we also need people with the right attitude and mentality to thrive and grow in such an innovative industry. At DPS, you’ll be given every opportunity to set the path of your own career through the business and work in an environment that will require you to rise to the challenge of working for a market leader.       

• Industry leading salary
• Holiday Allowance
• Long Service Holidays (Position Dependant)
• Company Pension Scheme
• Private Healthcare Scheme (Contribute, Personal or Family - Position Dependant)
• Access to Company Healthcare Scheme (salary sacrifice)
• EV/Hybrid Car Lease Scheme

At DPS Group we understand our continued success is down to our dedicated team, therefore we invest time and effort in each individual; training and assisting with their personal and professional development, helping them build a long-term career within the business.